Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari
by K. A. Subramania Iyer | 1965 | 391,768 words
The English translation of the Vakyapadiya by Bhartrihari including commentary extracts and notes. The Vakyapadiya is an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with the philosophy of language. Bhartrhari authored this book in three parts and propounds his theory of Sphotavada (sphota-vada) which understands language as consisting of bursts of sounds conveyi...
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Verse 1.110-111
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.110-111:
啶呧ぃ啶掂 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶多啷嵿い啶苦い啷嵿さ啶距う啷嵿き啷囙う啶膏啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶掂啶む啶むく啶� 啷�
啶涏ぞ啶ぞ啶むお啶むぎ啶冟ざ啶啶︵き啶距さ啷囙え 啶ぐ啶苦ぃ啶距ぎ啶苦え啶� 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�
啶膏啶掂ざ啶曕啶む 啶掂啶啷嵿く啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶啶班く啶む啶ㄠ啶� 啶膏ぎ啷�啶班た啶むぞ啶� 啷�
啶呧き啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啷�啶� 啶啶班啷�啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶多が啷嵿う啶距啷嵿く啶距 啶ぐ啶ぞ啶｀さ啶� 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�a峁嘺va岣� sarva艣aktitv膩dbhedasa峁僺argav峁泃taya岣� |
ch膩y膩tapatama岣ヅ沘bdabh膩vena pari峁嚹乵ina岣� || 110 ||
sva艣aktau vyajyam膩n膩y膩峁� prayatnena sam墨rit膩岣� |
abhr膩峁嚹玽a prac墨yante 艣abd膩khy膩岣� param膩峁嘺va岣� || 111 ||110. Because the different kinds of atoms have all powers, they, in combination or otherwise, transform themselves into shadow, sunlight, darkness and sounds.
111. The atoms called words, when their power is manifested by effort, are set in motion by the same effort and they gather like clouds.
Commentary
All such views have to be understood. Others expound the transformation of knowledge into the word.